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Originally posted by Geezer


That's kinda what I was thinking of. I was picturing 1 gun mount and 3 missile bays. Two of the missile bays can only take one of the big mutha bombs each (that way you can't dual-fire 'em) and the third bay takes maybe five rockeye/harpoon types.

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Well, not to put too fine a point on it...

I was picturing the big mutha bomb as being "dumb-fire" but without anywhere near the Tempest's speed - I see it as even slower than the Helios. It wouldn't have any kind of target lock. To use the thing, you'd aim your dive bomber at the target and hit the afterburners (to increase the bomb's speed at release). When you think you're close enough not to miss (or your nerve cracks), you release the thing, shift you shields to rear (to protect you from the blast) and get the hell out of there. Of course you might miss and have to do it all over again...

BTW, in case anybody actually decides to make this puppy, my inspiration was the USN's two WW2 dive bombers, the Devastator and the Dauntless. IMO "Devastator" would be a great name for the big mutha bomb and "Dauntless" equally good for the ship

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The tBE site has been updated with the GTF Creon, a rather frightening piece of tech rennovated since Twilight.

Check out the technical briefing page.

On this thread, overall players want to see a combat craft using turreted weapons as well as a dumbfire, high yield warhead. Is this correct?

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In a word: Yes.

In more words: Yes, that is correct.

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Sweet...

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Sounds alright to me...

I was also thinking about a bomber/bomb combination where the bombs would go at the same speed as the bomber, and the bomber would have a hull(and/or shields) designed specifically to protect the bombs until they get too close to be intercepted. Wouldn't be a great player ship, but it would make bomb intercept a lot more exciting.

Oh yeah, another toy for bomber pilots- some sort of area-suppression mine, for when those fighters cluster around your tail.

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